[ecrea] Conference on Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics

Please share this invitation to attend the 10th Visual and Cultural
Studies Graduate Conference - Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures,
and Politics!


/InVisible Culture/
503A Morey Hall
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627

http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu

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*The University of Rochester Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural
Studies invites you to attend*
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*Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics
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*An interdisciplinary graduate studies conference in Rochester, NY*
*April 17-18, 2015 — Free and open to the public*

*http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference/*

“Solidarity” recalls notions of inclusivity, activism, and movement.
Adopted from the French /solidarité/ in the early 19th century, the word
continues to indicate the communal union of interests or aspirations, as
well as collective responsibility. From its use by labor unions to its
association with socialism and communism, solidarity has historically
been made to bear a sense of the political. We recognize in the powerful
images of recent events a renewed need to assess strategies of
togetherness, both historical and contemporary. We propose this topic
with the aim of critically engaging pictures and their power to mobilize
both differences and commonalities. Can we envision solidarity outside
the pursuit of common political aims? Can we find common ground amidst
different struggles?


*Highlight of Events:**
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**Friday, April 17 - Goergen Hall 101, Sloan Auditorium*

4:00 PM - Keynote Address

Jared Sexton <http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5113>,
Associate Professor of African American Studies and Film & Media Studies
and Director of African American Studies at the University of
California, Irvine
A Violence Indifferent to Hope: On an Image from Black Lives Matter

5:30 PM - Panel 1: Labor and Self-Determination

7:30 PM - Opening Reception, Hartnett Gallery


*Saturday, April 18 - LeChase, Genrich-Rusling Room*

10:00 AM - Panel 2: Collectivity and Collaboration

1:30 PM - Panel 3: Communities and Projections

4:00 PM - Panel 4: Reconsidering Solidarity


Generously sponsored by the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural
Studies; the Graduate Student Association; the Susan B. Anthony
Institute; the Frederick Douglass Institute; the Department of
Anthropology; the Department of English; the Film and Media Studies
Program; the Department of History; the Humanities Department – Eastman
School of Music; the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures; the
Department of Philosophy; the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and
Diversity in Arts, Sciences and Engineering; and the Dean for Diversity
Initiatives.

Please visit our conference website for a full schedule of events, paper
abstracts, and more information about our individual presenters:
http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference/
<http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference/>. RSVP to our
Facebook event for more updates:
https://www.facebook.com/events/832495483496742/
<https://www.facebook.com/events/832495483496742/>



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